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Railwaystotal: 20,986 km (2014)

standard gauge: 80 km 1.435-m gauge (80 km electrified) (2014)

narrow gauge: 19,756 km 1.065-m gauge (8,271 km electrified) (2014)

other: 1,150 km (passenger rail, gauge unspecified, 1,115.5 km electrified) (2014)
Roadwaystotal: 750,000 km (2016)

paved: 158,124 km (2016)

unpaved: 591,876 km (2016)
Pipelines94 km condensate, 1293 km gas, 992 km oil, 1460 km refined products (2013)
Ports and terminalsmajor seaport(s): Cape Town, Durban, Port Elizabeth, Richards Bay, Saldanha Bay

container port(s) (TEUs): Durban (2,769,869) (2019)

LNG terminal(s) (import): Mossel Bay
Merchant marinetotal: 103

by type: bulk carrier 3, general cargo 1, oil tanker 6, other 93 (2020)
Airportstotal: 407 (2020)
Airports - with paved runwaystotal: 130 (2020)

over 3,047 m: 11

2,438 to 3,047 m: 6

1,524 to 2,437 m: 46

914 to 1,523 m: 60

under 914 m: 7
Airports - with unpaved runwaystotal: 277 (2020)

2,438 to 3,047 m: 1

1,524 to 2,437 m: 19

914 to 1,523 m: 178

under 914 m: 79
National air transport systemnumber of registered air carriers: 17 (2020)

inventory of registered aircraft operated by air carriers: 243

annual passenger traffic on registered air carriers: 23,921,748 (2018)

annual freight traffic on registered air carriers: 716.25 million mt-km (2018)
Civil aircraft registration country code prefixZS

Source: CIA World Factbook
This page was last updated on September 18, 2021

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